Shingling method



1 9 1,508,581 r J. SHEA I SHINGLING METHOD Filed April 16 1924 I r pATTORNEY Patented Sept. 16 1924 JOHN SHEA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHINGLING METHOD.

Application filed April 16, 1924. Serial No. 706,831.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN SHEA, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at New York city, borough of Manhattan, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in S hing,ling Methods, of which the followingis a specification.

- This invention relates to the laying of l shingles and has particularreference to an improved method of laying shingles whereby a neat andtight roof may be secured with the minmum quantity of fasteners withoutan excess use of shingle material, throu h an interlocking arrangementof the shing es so disposed as to eliminate spaces between the adjacentshingles for the sake .of a tight roof as aforesaid.

With the foregoing andother objects in view the invention consists-inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose ofillustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate thesame parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view ofa preferred form of my shingle.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of my shingle arrangement.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail'of an incomplete assemblage on the line 33of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail on the line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view indicating at one end a finishedjoint and at the other end a shingle distorted to show the structurenormally covered by the lower and C, the shingles of the uniform oblongsheet of preferably the same material as the shingle, said startingstrip serving the purpose of affording an interlocking, connectionbetween the shingles of the-first course through the medium of thelooking tongues and to aid in the ready anduniform laying of the firstcourse, as well as to give'suflicient body to this part of the roofcovering. 1

Shingles of the first course are indicated by reference letters A andthe various shingles of the course are designated 'by corre-' spondingnumerals from 1 to 6. Likewise for the sake of definite description,succeed-w ing courses are indicated b the letters B ifierent coursesbeing correspondingly identified by numerals.

The first course of shingles is laid so as to engage with the startingstrip at the slotted corner, the locking tongue 12 of each shinglebeing" passed beneath the starting strip by deflecting said lockingtongue'downward slightly out of the plane of the shingle. lVhen theshingle is engaged as described and the diagonal 10 registers with theupper edge of the starting strip, the starting strip will be received tothe full extent of the slot, and the corner 13 adjacent to the slot willlikewise engage with the top surface of the starting strip. As shown bythe drawings, although obviously the method is not limited to thatparticular representation, each right hand shingle of the first courseoverlaps the adjacent left hand shingle so as to abut against the cornerof the main body of the shingle and 'constituting the lower edge 13 ofthe slot 11, substantially throughout its'length. A shingle course ofsubstantially even or flat top surfaces is thus formed, adapted toreceive the next upper course for a tight joint. More specifically, itwill be noted that shingle A is laid as above described to overlap thetongue of shingle A. after which shingle A is laid in correspondingmanner to overlap the tongue of shingle A and so on in succession forthe entire first course.

.The second course of shingles is laid in symmetrical position relativeto the first, the slotted corner of a shingle being engaged with theadjacent side corner of a shingle in the first course as shownbestjatfthe upper right edge of Fig. 2. Each shingle of the secondcourse is moved downward over the correspondingly numbered shingle ofthe preceding course so that the lower corner portion thereof willoverlap and cover and seal the slot 11. More specifically, shingle B. isnow interlocked with shingle [$13. by depressing the tongue of B andpass- Z -i ng the same beneath A the lower exposed corner 15 of B beingso placed as to overlap the slot in shingle A Shingle B is nowinterlocked in the same manner with shingle A and offset the samedistance relative to A -zas shingle B is to A so as to cover the slot inshingle A? and to abut against the edge O1' corner 13 of the slot inshingle B.

5 The successive shingles in the second course are laid in the samemanner;

-A U-fastener or tWo-pronged nail'l-t is then used to secure the fouroverlapping corners to the roof, the legs of the fastener beingpositioned at the sides of the slot so that the fastener will span orstraddle the same and effectively prevent any possible curling of thecorners. It will be noted that but one fastener need be used for eachshingle and that each fastener passes through four shingles.

The third and succeeding courses may then be laid in turn in the samemanner as the second. WVhile I have indicated a square form of shinglewith an exposed oblong due to the overlapping or offsetting of eachshingle more to the leftthan to the right, I do not intend to be limitedunnecessarily to the s ecific form or disposition of the shing es soillustrated.

I claim:

' .1. The herein described method of laying v shingles which consists inlaying rectangular shingles in courses substantially parallel to thelower edge of the roof, the adjacent shingles of the adjacentcourses-lying in rows at an obliqueangle with said edge of the roof; :1corner portion of a shingle being slotted to form a tongue to passbeneath ,the

fsi'de portion of the adjacent shingle in the next lower course, ashingle in the oblique row oi the second mentioned shingle belngpositioned so as to abut against an edge of said slot opposite saidtongue of the first mentioned shingle, and a shingle in the oblique rowof the first mentioned shingle overlapping the side portion of the thirdmentioned shingle so as to cover and render said slot Weather tight.

2. The method of laying shingles wherein rectangular shingles are laid.in horizontal courses substantially parallel to the lower edge of theroof, corresponding shingles in the adjacent courses lying inobliquerows relative to said edge of the roof,.each of said shingleshaving a slot in a corner portion running inward from an edge at a uniform angle and position 1n the different shingles so as to form atongue, each shingle of a course being adapted to receive in its slotthe side of an adjacent shingle in the next lower course by overlappingthe side' starting strip is'placed substantially parallel to said edgeof the roof and the first course of shingles is placedthereon so thatthe tongues thereof will pass beneath the upper edge of the startingstrip to interlock with the same, each shingle of said courseoverlapping the adjacent shingle of the course so as to' abut againstsaid slot edge forming a. uniform top surface adapted to receive thesecond course for a weather-tight joint.

4a- The method as in claim 2 including a double pointed fastener forattaching the shingles to the roof, so positioned that the pointsthereof will pass at'each side of the slot through said shingles.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JOHN SHEA;

